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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | In the Coastal Plain in Florida, ''W. carteri'' occurs in sand scrub, Quercus laevis | + | In the Coastal Plain in Florida, ''W. carteri'' occurs in sand scrub, Quercus laevis- ''Serenoa repens'' communities (FSU Herbarium). This species is endemic to south and central Florida and is found in sandhill, scrubby flatwoods, inland and coastal scrub habitats. <ref name="FNAI2000"> [[http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Warea_carteri.pdf]] FNAI 2000. Accessed: March 22, 2016. |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 22 March 2016
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| Photo by Betty Wargo, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Capparales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae |
| Genus: | Warea |
| Species: | W. carteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Warea carteri Small | |
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| Natural range of Warea carteri from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Carter's pinelandcress
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Warea carteri is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, W. carteri occurs in sand scrub, Quercus laevis- Serenoa repens communities (FSU Herbarium). This species is endemic to south and central Florida and is found in sandhill, scrubby flatwoods, inland and coastal scrub habitats. <ref name="FNAI2000"> [[1]] FNAI 2000. Accessed: March 22, 2016.
Phenology
Flowers and fruits in November (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Warea carteri at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata, Lasioglossum placidensis
Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata
Vespidae: Zethus slossonae
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
Flowers of Warea carteri Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: W.P. Adams, Walter M. Buswell. States and Counties: Florida: Dade, Highlands. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
